VIFF 2015: Into the Forest takes a confident approach

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      Into the Forest (Canada) 

      This apocalypse drama from Canadian vet Patricia Rozema has been getting dreary word-of-mouth from some critics, but I’ll stick my neck out. A few tonal issues aside (most of them related to the score), Into the Forest is carried by Rozema’s confident approach and spectacular performances by Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood as sisters living out the collapse of civilization in their deep woods, B.C. luxury home.

      This is how worlds die, with a long, drawn-out whimper, lots of rain, no fucking zombies, and a desperate longing to hear some music again. 

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